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Why Indians Pay for Full-Body Scans and Skip the Cancer Screening Tests That Actually Work

The Scan That Finds Everything Except What Will Kill YouWalk into any corporate diagnostic centre in Mumbai, Bengaluru, or Delhi and you will find a "Full Body Scan" package priced between ₹8,000 and ₹40,000. It typically includes a whole-body CT or PET-CT, a battery of blood panels, and a chest…

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The HPV Vaccine Prevents Cervical Cancer, So Why Are Indian Parents Still Saying No?

What the HPV vaccine actually does inside the bodyThe vaccine does not treat an existing infection. It trains the immune system to recognise and destroy the human papillomavirus before it can establish itself. Two strains, HPV 16 and HPV 18, cause roughly 70 percent of all cervical cancer cases globally.…

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Cervical Cancer Is Almost Entirely Preventable. So Why Does It Still Kill So Many Women in India

Numbers That Should Not ExistEvery eight minutes, an Indian woman dies of cervical cancer. That figure comes from ICMR data published in its National Cancer Registry Programme report, and it has not moved in the direction it should. India records roughly 1.25 lakh new cervical cancer cases annually and accounts…

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Woman goes to her first-ever pap smear. Then she looks out the window: ‘So this is my nightmare’

There are some places in this world where you expect complete and total privacy, and one of them is a gynecologist’s office.

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This One Health Appointment Could Save a Woman’s Life : Don’t Skip It

In busy routines filled with work, family, and responsibilities, many women postpone their own health appointments. However, annual health checkups are not optional they are preventive tools that can detect serious conditions early. According to global health organizations like the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…

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‘That’s an option?’: Patient gets a Pap smear during menstrual cycle. The OB-GYN asks if they want their flow ‘scooped out’

A TikTok claim has gone viral after a creator said that during a routine Pap smear, while they happened to be on their period, their OB-GYN offered to shorten or eliminate the rest of their cycle by “scooping it out.”

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Outrage After 'Sansum Clinic' Staff Post Patients' Pap Smear Discharge Photos — Were They Fired?

Sansum Clinic staff placed on leave after a TikTok video showed them mocking patients' pap smear discharge in an exam room.

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Helping pap smears be less painful

Unrecognized pain conditions have long made pap smears excruciating for some — that’s slowly changing

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Are you aware of the silent symptoms of Ovarian Cancer?

Mrs Rao (arbitrary name) is a 55-year-old lady who is very health conscious. She is very much aware of the symptoms of common cancers like breast and cervix and gets the screening tests like mammogram and pap smear regularly. Lately she has been experiencing abdominal bloating. Initially she assumed it…

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The life-saving importance of timely pap smears and HPV testing

Despite cervical cancer being highly preventable with regular Pap smears, HPV testing, and vaccination, cervical cancer remains one of the leading health concerns for women globally and is recognised as the fourth most common worldwide. In India alone, cervical cancer ranks as the second most common cancer in women.

The Times of India

Myths vs. facts: Cervical cancer and sexual health awareness

Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that develops in the cervix, the lower part of the uterus. It is primarily caused by persistent infection with high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV). Early stages often have no symptoms, but advanced cases may cause abnormal bleeding, pelvic pain, or discomfort…

The Times of India

Why regular screening is crucial for cervical cancer prevention

Cervical cancer is the most common female cancer in low- and middle-income countries and ranks fourth in the cancers of the womankind. In more than 95% cases of cervical cancer are associated with persistent HPV or Human Papilloma Virus infection. HPV is a common sexually transmitted infection, which do not…

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Cervical cancer prevention: How often should you get a pap smear test and at what age?

Cervical cancer is a common cancer among females in India. It used to be the number one cancer in females but has now been overtaken by breast cancer. It would still account for roughly fifteen percent of cancers in females in India. It is also a major cause for cancer…

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New self-swab HPV test is an alternative to Pap smears. Here's how it works.

There's a new way to screen for high-risk HPV, a viral infection that can lead to cervical cancer. This alternative method of collecting samples for cervical cancer screening doesn't require a speculum.

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If You Hate Getting Pap Smears, Here’s Some Extremely Good News

The first self-administered tests for collecting vaginal samples are on the way to health care facilities, making Pap smears more accessible and tolerable.

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I’m due for a cervical cancer screening. What can I expect? Can I do it myself? And what happened to Pap smears?

Cervical screening in Australia has changed over the past seven years. The test has changed, and women (and people with a cervix) now have much more choice and control. Here’s why – and what you can expect if you’re aged 25 to 74 and are due for a test.

The Times of India

Why pap smear tests are necessary to take even after HPV vaccination

The Pap smear, also known as the Pap test, is a method for screening women for cervical cancer. It entails gathering cells from the cervix, the lower part of the uterus located at the top of the vagina. An early detection of cervical cancer through a Pap smear increases the…

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HPV DNA Self-Sampling Test kit unveiled

Thailand’s concerned private and public sectors are accelerating their efforts to help women avoid cervical cancer, or at least avoid its worst consequences.

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Researchers say AI could help reduce disparities, improve access in health care

BALTIMORE — Cervical cancer, like many illnesses, is treatable if it’s caught early, but each year millions of women miss out on getting routine Pap smear screening for the disease, which kills a disproportionate number of Black women.

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Free pap smear detection test launched at GGH, Tenali

MLA says it is part of Cancer-Free Tenali initiative

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